chord

Significado

Noun

1. A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
2. A line segment between two points of a curve.
3. A horizontal member of a truss.
4. A horizontal member of a truss.
5. The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
6. An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
7. A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
8. The string of a musical instrument.
9. A cord.
10. An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.

Verb

1. To write chords for.
2. To accord; to harmonize together.
3. To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɔːd/

Etimoloxía

Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)

Oracións

I learned a lot by studying piano books that had chord charts .